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1 Translation result for accident-prone in Spanish

adjective

accident-prone adjective

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propenso a los accidentes

accident noun

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accidents
accidente; casualidad

Example sentences of
accident noun

  • We had a car accident .
  • He was injured in an accident at work.
  • The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.
  • Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
  • Their meeting was an accident.
  • It is just an accident that they arrived when they did.
  • She says that her pregnancy was an accident.

Synonyms of
accident noun

prone adjective

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propenso, proclive; boca abajo, prono

Example sentences of
prone adjective

  • he was prone to emotional outbursts under stress
  • quickly subdue the suspect and get him into a prone position
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¿Cómo se usa el adjetivo prone?
  • El adjetivo prone se usa a veces en términos compuestos. Por ejemplo, accident-prone es alguien que tiende a tener accidentes, error-prone es alguien que hace errores frecuentemente, e inflammation-prone es alguien cuyo cuerpo tiende a desarrollar inflamaciones.
    El adjetivo prone también se usa con la preposición to en referencia a personas, objetos, o situaciones, para describir sus tendencias. Ejemplo: Her child develops well, even though he is prone to several unpleasant illnesses. Otro ejemplo: The situation seems prone to further deterioration, so we asked a crisis management consultant to help us resolve it.

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